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The IL-IA Section of the ACS was founded in 1923. The Section includes Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren, and Whiteside Counties in Illinois and Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott Counties in Iowa. The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit organization, chartered by Congress, ACS is at the forefront of the evolving worldwide chemical enterprise and the premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professions around the globe. Learn more about the ACS here.

2020 Executive Committee

Brad Sturgeon

Chair

Monmouth College, Dept. of Chemistry

David Oostendorp

Chair-Elect

Lorus University, Dept. of Chemistry

Ken Legendre

Past Chair

Jennifer Schmidt-McCormack

Secretary

St. Ambrose University, Dept. of Chemistry

Rich Craddick

Treasurer

Kent Nutrition Group (Retired)

Rick Rogers

Councilor

Grain Processing Corporation

Kelly Giddens

Alternate Councilor